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",[98],"uk 0.73",[100],"uk 0.325","More than 60% of children go to a preschool the year before they start primary education.","You thought less than half of children go to preschool, but nowadays a majority do, because both their parents have jobs.","They don’t realize that most parents work nowadays, and their children go to preschool.","Source: UNESCO-UIS","This data comes from the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)[1]. \nIt looks at what percentage of children participated in organized learning one year before the official primary school entry age. This includes programs that offer a combination of education and care.\n\nThis is a global average so the large differences between regions are hidden. For example, the highest share is 95% in Latin America and the Carribean and the lowest share is 49% in Sub-Saharan Africa. As the variable only counts formal forms of organized education this figure could be an underestimate in some countries. \n\nThe enrollment data comes from schools and other centers of organized learning, and from household surveys on enrollment. The estimates are made by UIS from data reported by the countries’ Ministries of Education and population estimates from the UN[2].\n\n[1]  [UIS - Participation rate in organized learning (one year before the official primary entry age)](https:\u002F\u002Funstats.un.org\u002Fsdgs\u002Findicators\u002Fdatabase\u002F) Goal 4.2.2  \n[2]  [UIS metadata](https:\u002F\u002Funstats.un.org\u002Fsdgs\u002Fmetadata\u002Ffiles\u002FMetadata-04-02-02.pdf)  \n[3]  [World Bank - Primary school starting years](https:\u002F\u002Fdata.worldbank.org\u002Findicator\u002FSE.PRM.AGES)\n","Most parents in the world live in middle-income countries and they work in service and manufacturing. The majority of their children go to a preschool around age five, before they start first grade. The number who go to a registered preschool is around 75%, according to UNESCO, but even more children go to informal childcare, because almost all parents have to work as soon as their children can be taken care of by someone else during the day. Being with other children and learning new things is good for their development. The strange thing is that most people we have asked think this number is much lower.\n\n### Why is it a problem that people are wrong about this?\nIf people recognize that the majority of children go to preschool, they will understand that those who do not have the opportunity to go are an exception. Of course, not every parent wants to send their children to preschool. But, that opportunity to send them if they wanted should be extended to everyone regardless of income. Subsidized childcare can have longterm benefits for both parents and children and can be an important investment in a country's future.\n\n### Why are people wrong about this?\nMany have outdated stereotypes of other cultures, and they think in most of the world mothers are still stuck at home with traditional female duties like taking care of children. That is still true in many communities, but in general a majority of families today have two working parents and children in all countries enjoy playing with friends and preparing to start school. A majority of the world’s population today live in middle-income countries and most send their children to preschool.\n\n### How can 60% of children go to preschool?\nPeople have gotten much richer and cultures have modernized. Preschools have become popular and more affordable. The benefits of preparing for school are obvious and many countries stimulate programs to enable more children to be enrolled.\n\n### Why does it matter if children go to preschool?\nChildren enrolled in at least one year of pre-primary education are more likely to develop the critical skills they need to succeed in school and less likely to repeat grades or drop out, as described in Unicef’s report [A World Ready to Learn](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.unicef.org\u002Feducation\u002Fearly-childhood-education). \n\n### Can I trust this data?\nYes, but please notice that there are multiple measures of pre-primary enrollment, based on different age brackets. Enrollment is highest for children during the final year before starting school, age 5 or 6 depending on the country,  which is 75% according to UNESCO. In the data from UNICEF, ages 3 to 6 are included and then it’s [only 50% of children](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.unicef.org\u002Feducation\u002Fearly-childhood-education). These numbers don’t include informal childcare, which would make all the numbers higher.\n","Most parents work","You thought only a quarter of children go to preschool, but nowadays a majority do, because both their parents have jobs."]